Senate Bill 2470

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2470

    By Senators Latvala, Thomas, Mitchell and Silver





    19-1498-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state air travel; requiring

  3         the Department of Management Services to

  4         establish a central database to maintain a

  5         record of all state-related travel; providing

  6         an appropriation for the development,

  7         maintenance, and improvements to the database;

  8         requiring the Comptroller to establish object

  9         codes that uniquely identify expenses related

10         to air travel, car rental, and motel or hotel

11         accommodations; authorizing the Department of

12         Management Services to negotiate and contract

13         with an air carrier for service; requiring

14         local matching funds; providing an effective

15         date.

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17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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19         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Management Services

20  shall establish and maintain a central database to record and

21  maintain all state-approved or reimbursed travel, including

22  information related to each employee's origination and

23  destination and any other information considered necessary by

24  the department. The department may contract with an outside

25  firm for the creation or maintenance of the database and may

26  expend funds to develop, maintain, and improve the database.

27  On January 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the department

28  shall furnish to the Legislature and the Governor a summary of

29  all state travel and any recommendations for approving the

30  efficiency or cost of that travel.

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  1         (2)  The Comptroller shall establish object class codes

  2  that uniquely identify expenditures related to payments for

  3  air travel, car rental, and motel or hotel accommodations. All

  4  state agencies, including the State University System, cabinet

  5  officers and the Legislature must use a state purchasing card

  6  and the object codes when requesting payments for specified

  7  services. The Comptroller shall report expenditures made by

  8  state entities not less frequently than annually to the

  9  Department of Management Services, or at other times as

10  necessary for contract negotiations and other management

11  needs.

12         Section 2.  The Department of Management Services may

13  contract with an eligible air carrier for jet service or other

14  service approved by the department to guarantee a number of

15  seats or minimum revenue per departure or other incentive

16  necessary to improve air service into Tallahassee beginning

17  July 1, 2000. The department may expend funds for the purposes

18  authorized by this section only to the extent necessary to

19  match any public or private local funds.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Requires the Department of Management Services to
      establish a central database to maintain records of all
26    state-related travel and requires the Comptroller to
      establish an object code to identify and categorize such
27    expenditures. Authorizes the department to contract with
      an air carrier for service beginning July 1, 2000.
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